Lil Nas X Settles for No. 2 | Scanning the Charts 📉

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Scanning the Charts (9/29/21): Drake maintains the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a third straight week while Lil Nas X bows at no. 2.

ell, SCANNING THE CHARTS is just what it says it is. I, the quirky founder and do-it-all at The Musical Hype scans through the Billboard Charts and picks out things that catch my eye. This column isn’t extensive, but rather short and sweet. This week, I picked out SEVEN notable observations from the Billboard 200 , and X observations from the Billboard Hot 100 , with

Drake maintaining the no. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for a third straight week while

Lil Nas X bows at no. 2.

Billboard 200

Drake spends a third consecutive week atop the Billboard 200 with Certified Lover. Notably, Drake keeps Lil Nas X from debuting at no. 2. The pop artist settles for a no. 2 start with his debut album, Montero.

K-pop collective NCT 127 arrives at no. 3 with Sticker: The 3^rd Album.

Following two straight weeks at no. 2, after debuting robustly at no. 1, Kanye West sees Donda slip to no. 4 in its fourth week on the charts.

How about some updates from last week’s highly touted newbies? Kacey Musgraves keeps it top-10 with Star-Crossed, which descends from no. 3 to no. 10. As for Baby Keem, he falls just outside of the top 10 with The Melodic Blue, which dips from no. 5 to no. 12. As for J Balvin, Jose didn’t fare as well, sliding from no. 12 to no. 34.

Spiritbox earns the third highest debuting album on the Billboard 200, though it bows outside the top 10. Eternal Blue starts at a respectable no. 13.

The final debut in the top-20 of the Billboard 200 comes from Mozzy. Untreated Trauma launches at no. 19.

Daughtry, once a great selling rock band, comes down to earth with Dearly Beloved. The American Idol alum’s latest album debuts modestly at no. 50. Another Idol alum, winner Scotty McCreery, also debuts modestly. Same Truck starts unimpressively at no. 86.

Billboard Hot 100

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber spend a sixth, nonconsecutive week no. 1 with “Stay”.

The Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow collaboration, “Industry Baby” returns to its peak position at no. 2 on the Hot 100. Meanwhile, a new Nas X joint debuts at no. 10, “That’s What I Want.”